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Hekte
| Issuer | Phokaia |
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| Year | 521 BC - 478 BC |
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| Value | Hekte (10⁄3) |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square divided by a raised cruciform pattern into four recessed compartments, typical of archaic Greek hammered coinage technique. The incuse punch is deeply impressed and roughly square in form, with the four quadrants exhibiting uneven surface texture consistent with hand manufacture. No inscription or secondary device is present within the incuse. The plain raised borders of the punch divisions are sharply defined against the recessed fields. |
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| Mint | Phokaia |
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Phokaia was among the most aggressive colonizers of the ancient Greek world, establishing settlements from the Black Sea to the western Mediterranean before Persian pressure forced a mass emigration around 545 BC. The electrum hekte series continued after that disruption, produced by a city increasingly squeezed between Lydian and then Achaemenid authority. Bodenstedt 45 falls within the later portion of this contested dating range, likely struck while Phokaia operated under Persian suzerainty following Ionian submission after the failed revolt of 499–494 BC.